Triangles is a free DOS program for constructing triangle meshes,
especially for POV-Ray (Output to RAW, POV mesh, and PCM1):

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/8764/triangles.htm

I looked for one of these but couldn't find one, so I put together
this rather primitive program.

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John VanSickle wrote:
>I wrote that bastard QBasic program because I couldn't find a freeware
>mesh modeller on the 'Net.

http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/tantaka/pygmalion/pygmalion.html

http://www.softseek.com/Graphics_and_Drawing/CAD_3D_Design_and_Modeling/Rev
iew_22656_index.html

http://plaza10.mbn.or.jp/~shusaku/roku/rokue.html

Here are a few. But don't let that keep you from doing your own :)

Feature request? I'm looking for a straightforward Extruder/Lofter.

Ingo

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John VanSickle <van### [at] erolscom> wrote in message
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> david sharp wrote:
>
> > I looked for one of these but couldn't find one, so I put together
> > this rather primitive program.
>
> I wrote that bastard QBasic program because I couldn't find a freeware
> mesh modeller on the 'Net.  I am now working on a Win32 triangle
> modeller (and learning Win32 programming as I go).

I'm looking forward to it. My idea, originally was to do Triangles in
Windows and
openGL, but I made a couple little routines and tested them in DOS, just to
see how/if they would work and then added a little more, you know, and
pretty
soon it was a DOS program

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ingo <ing### [at] homenl> wrote in message
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> Feature request? I'm looking for a straightforward Extruder/Lofter.
>

I just added something I am calling 'extrude' to the Triangles program.
It duplicates a selection of the mesh, and makes a surface that goes
between the original and the copy along whatever part of the mesh's boundary
happens to be in the selection.

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david sharp wrote:

> John VanSickle <van### [at] erolscom> wrote in message
> news:38A4BE7E.489268EA@erols.com...
> > david sharp wrote:
> >
> > > I looked for one of these but couldn't find one, so I put together
> > > this rather primitive program.
> >
> > I wrote that bastard QBasic program because I couldn't find a freeware
> > mesh modeller on the 'Net.  I am now working on a Win32 triangle
> > modeller (and learning Win32 programming as I go).
>
> I'm looking forward to it. My idea, originally was to do Triangles in
> Windows and
> openGL, but I made a couple little routines and tested them in DOS, just to
> see how/if they would work and then added a little more, you know, and
> pretty
> soon it was a DOS program

pssst... over here...

http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/index.html


--
"My new computer's got the clocks, it rocks
But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.

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"Jon A. Cruz" wrote:

> pssst... over here...
> 
> http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/index.html

"...don't give in to the dark side, Luke".

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In article <38A7A001.FE94BAED@pacbell.net>, Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet>
writes
>
>
>"Jon A. Cruz" wrote:
>
>> pssst... over here...
>> 
>> http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/index.html
>
>"...don't give in to the dark side, Luke".
>
I was saying that a while ago, Jon convinced me to take a look at Java
and it is nice, in the process of learning it now.
-- 
  David Parrott    E-mail: xam### [at] quayles1demoncouk
                      ICQ: 13313977
                  Website: On it's way

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I <dsh### [at] interportnet> wrote:

> I just added something I am calling 'extrude' to the Triangles program.
> It duplicates a selection of the mesh, and makes a surface that goes
> between the original and the copy along whatever part of the mesh's
boundary
> happens to be in the selection.

Within minutes of uploading it to
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Academy/8764/triangles.htm
I realized I had uploaded the wrong version, and then couldn't get
any connection to upload the correct one for about a whole day.
Anyway, the extrusion is now working the way it was supposed to.
But I am looking for feedback on whether it is considered "extruding"
(by anybody else).

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Me too. Haven't written a lick of code yet, I am trying
it the "proper" way this time. Maybe I'll get somewhere.

David Parrott wrote:
> in the process of learning it now.
> --
>   David Parrott    E-mail: xam### [at] quayles1demoncouk
>                       ICQ: 13313977
>                   Website: On it's way

-- 
Mr. Art

"Often the appearance of reality is more important 
than the reality of the appearance."
Bill DeWitt 2000

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John VanSickle wrote:

> Jon A. Cruz wrote:
> >
> > pssst... over here...
> >
> > http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/index.html
>
> I was giving serious thought to using Java.  I downloaded the
> developer's kit.  Then something about it aggravated me so much
> that I wiped it from my hard drive.  The brain cells that were
> storing the exact reasons have been reassigned to something else,
> so I can't give the specific cause of my dismay.
>
> I'm already familiar with C (from my Amiga days), and after
> dowloading the LCC-Win32 compiler, the Win32 SDK, and reading
> the first couple chapters of Petzold's fine book on Win32,
> I've been able to code with fairly little difficulty.

That, of course, is always good. I think C is nicer for doing tight MS
Windows programs, and some utilities. Cross-platform C starts to get a
bit trickier, and of course the various end-users have to be able to
compile things. Java definitly comes from a non-MS Windows heritage, so
there is a lot that is different that takes a little getting used to if
you haven't used Unix's before.

Picking up Java from C probably will take a longer to get up with mainly
in knowing which library API classes to call, and in switching to
thinking in OO. Of course, since I mention Java here and support it's
use, I am available to help people get going. Sometimes finding the
right tools and getting over the initial hump is an issue. And again,
it's a nice way to get useful utilities over to more than one platform.

Oh, also, in my opinion: java applets == bad, java applications == good.

--
"My new computer's got the clocks, it rocks
But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.

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